“… Ravyn Lenae’s has always intrigued me. When I first heard her single “Sticky”, I delved into her 3 EP repertoire and found myself reminded of the eccentric musicality of Res with a bit more R&B sprinkled throughout.

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At only 19 years old, this Chicago based artist she gave a polished 20 minutes performance, engaging the audience with her independent, girlish charm, even if she was singing about female empowerment or broken relationships.

Her latest EP, Crush, was produced by The Internet’s Steve Lacy, and I was kind hoping that he’d show up on stage to rip a little guitar lick here and there (and I’m sure the AMF audience would have eaten a drop-in up), but that didn’t happen.

What makes Ravyn intriguing to me is how sophisticated her music is despite her being so young. I think a lot of that has to do with the producers that she has worked with, and I can only imagine who’ll tap her should next for the next step of her musical evolution …”

Derrick K. Lee is a music attorney, blogger, concert photographer and co-owner and music editor of Blurred Culture. He goes to a lot of shows and sometimes he writes good. Music is his boo.
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